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The Godly Man's Picture
The godly mans picture drawn with a scripture-pencil, or, Some characteristical notes of a man that shall go to heaven by Thomas Watson ...The godly mans picture drawn with a scripture-pensil, or, Some characteristical notes of a man that shall go to heaven by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1666
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1 Using of false weights, Hos. 12. 7. The ⟨p. 244⟩balances of deceit are in his hands: men by making their weights lighter, make their sin heavier, Amos 5. 8. They make the Ephah small: the Ephah was a measure they used in selling; they made the Ephah small, they gave but scant measure; a godly man, who takes the Bible in one hand, dares not use false weights in the other.
1 Using of false weights, Hos. 12. 7. The ⟨p. 244⟩ballances of deceit are in his hands: men by making their weights lighter, make their sin heavier, Amos 5. 8. They make the Ephah small: the Ephah was a measure they used in selling; they made the Ephah small, they gave but scant measure; a godly man, who takes the Bible in one hand, dares not use false weights in the other.
2 Embasing a commodity, Amos 8. 6. They sell the refuse of the wheat: they would pick out the best grains of the wheat, and sell the worst at the same price as they did the best, Isa. 1. 22. Thy wine is mixed with water: they did adulterate their wine, yet make their customers believe it came from the pure grape.
2 Imbasing a commodity, Amos 8. 6. They sell the refuse of the wheat: they would pick out the best grains of the wheat, and sell the worst at the same price as they did the best,